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Smith Corona Blues
A terminally ill Seattle cop is teamed up with a brash young Scotland Yard inspector to probe the murder of an eccentric writer.
For troubled novelist RAY COBURN, it's about to set in permanently. As he goes from staring at a blank page in his typewriter to being stared down by shadowy assassins, his lurid past in Macau, China, flashes before his eyes with an exclamation point. An execution style murder follows, leaving him face down in his QWERTY keyboard.
Rain. Coffee. Heroin... Welcome to Seattle.
Detective LOU CARTER has seen better days. Facing retirement and battling lung cancer, he is suddenly face to face with the man who killed his son 12 years earlier, triad kingpin WONG KAR KOI. All the pieces are in place, a buy and bust sting operation set up by DEA task force seems set to finally nab the heroin smuggling killer for good.
But things take a sudden turn for the worse when Koi abruptly kidnaps an agent at gun point, thus beginning a wild shoot-out and spectacular chase along the crowded waterfront that concludes with Koi's fiery death.
In the aftermath of this high profile spectacle, Carter is transferred to Homicide and teamed with a new partner, out of the blue-- Meet RODDY McGILL. A flashy transplant from London, Scotland Yard's brightest superstar inspector, an adrenaline junkie with a rock n roll lifestyle.
Their first case: The murder of the mysterious Coburn; A man who had many 'identities', a heroin habit, and a penchant for 'researching' his novels so thoroughly that it may have finally gotten him in over his head.
As more bodies with the same MO turn up in the morgue, Carter and Roddy's case begins to overlap with several current DEA investigations, including a high stakes deal with a major triad player. All the cards are on the table. All signs point to Koi. But,...he's dead.
Or is he?
In Macau they called him "The Devil King", the joker in a deck of cards. Brutal. Flamboyant. Clever. And now, Carter's curiosity is piqued. With Roddy's devil may care urging, and a roll of the dice, they are off to Las Vegas with 400 kilos of heroin borrowed from DEA evidence to try and set up another sting and perhaps raise Koi's hungry ghost from hiding. The moment of truth is at hand and Roddy's meeting with a confidential informant is a go. But Carter's illness suddenly overcomes him and he collapses, blacking out. When he awakes in a hospital bed 3 days later...Roddy is gone. The heroin is gone.
But the con is very much on.
Forced off the police force in humiliation, Carter is facing his own mortality, his chance at nabbing Koi seeming all but lost. Alone with just Coburn's dog-eared manuscript, he begins to read, between the lines.
As the final chapter begins, Carter turns the page one more time and is off to Macau, China, on his own dime and playing by his own rules as he battles DEA deceptions and Triad assassins every step of the way. The stage is set for a showdown at a racetrack where Roddy's ultimate hidden agenda is exposed.
Truth may be stranger than the fiction. That is, if you can beat the blues.
Black Rain
Lethal Weapon
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ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!LA Nights
It is 1973, and Quick operates an upscale after-hours establishment in West Los Angeles alongside his socialite son, Dizzy.
and The Devil called!
The Devil is so confident of the acceptance by God`s chosen-one he appears as himself with gifts and, `you will be my bride`, when rejected, he sends in his tri-step-headed-charcoaled alien goons, to examine her brain.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
In the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised.
The March of the 18th
In 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country.
ELECTRIC
After being electrocuted on the job, a woman has the power to make everyone around her fall in love.
OVERPASS
When a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
L.A. Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit.
HARBINGER
Detective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of another senior citizen, one of several over the past few months.
THE TEST
On an anniversary trip to San Fran Debbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin wildly out of control when Jim instead falls into a trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth.
THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
A model whose career is fading gets a much-needed vacation and a new outlook on life when she hides out at a Florida beach house with an “odd couple” of twenty-something brothers who are 100% convinced she's a hooker.
